College notebook: UW-Parkside has real-world test of emergency alert system

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The fact that it apparently took UW Hospital and Clinics three years to figure out one of its senior pharmacists was stealing what ended up to total more than 27,000 powerful narcotic pills has a lot of people scratching their heads. (Capital Times)

Can scientists create life? That's the "Holy Grail" of biochemistry and the centerpiece of a four-day symposium July 30 to Aug. 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Capital Times)

The salad greens being served at Frank's Place dining facility in UW-Madison's Holt Commons come from produce grown just a few hundred feet away. (Wisconsin Radio Network)

UW-Parkside tested out its new emergency alert system Tuesday night when police got word of a possible threat. The threat turned out not to be credible, but it served as a check on the new system. Not everyone got the message sent out by police, including UW-Parkside Police Chief Jim Heller. (Journal Times)